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The Official Raptr BlogTue, 28 Jul 2015 21:04:10 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.6Most Played Games: June 2015 – ARK Debuts, Clicker Heroes and Dungeon Fighter Online Surprisehttp://caas.raptr.com/most-played-games-june-2015-ark-debuts-clicker-heroes-and-dungeon-fighter-online-surprise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=most-played-games-june-2015-ark-debuts-clicker-heroes-and-dungeon-fighter-online-surprise
http://caas.raptr.com/most-played-games-june-2015-ark-debuts-clicker-heroes-and-dungeon-fighter-online-surprise/#commentsTue, 28 Jul 2015 21:04:10 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=11080ARK: Survival Evolved made an entrance into the top 20 in June, and so did a couple of unexpected contenders.

HighlightsLeague of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive remained in the top spots once again in June with slight play time increases. LoL had a couple of mid-month patch updates, one of which was the release of five new Pool Party skins, an annual fan favorite. CS:GO had various updates, including the LoL Tribunal-like Overwatch feature coming out of beta.

We welcomed the return of World of Warcraft into the top five in June after its brief absence. Despite the (significant) Fury of Hellfire content patch, WoW gameplay was still down slightly versus May — but DOTA 2 and GTAV suffered larger drops.

DOTA 2 slipped a rank, losing 11.15% of play time compared to May, while GTAV lost more than half of its play time (54.50%) and stumbled down to seventh place. New systems to help detect GTAV players running mods and cheats in online play went live mid-month.

In its first full month on sale, The Witcher 3 rounded out our top 5, helped in part by free downloadable content.

Heroes of the Storm also enjoyed its first full month of release in June and jumped into eighth place. To celebrate its launch there were various experience bonuses and item discounts throughout the month.

Smite, the final MOBA in our top 20, lost a rank despite the introduction of a new god and skins, arena, and various balance updates.

ARK: Survival Evolved entered our Most Played PC games list for the first time with an early access launch at the beginning of June.

Clicker Heroes jumped 11 spots to enter June’s top 20 with an impressive 128.61% play time increase. Originally released as a web game in the summer of 2014, Clicker Heroes debuted on Steam in mid-May of this year, which accounts for its impressive play time spike..

Diablo III continued its downward trend in June, dropping five spots and more than half of its play time.

Dungeon Fighter Online made a surprise entrance into the top 20. Though the North American servers for the action MMORPG were shut down in 2013, they reopened with a closed beta in March 2015 and an open beta in June. We’ll have to wait and see if this resurgence will continue through July.

Spider Solitaire climbed two spots to rest at 16th place, up 6.43% in play time versus May. Distressing.

]]>http://caas.raptr.com/most-played-games-june-2015-ark-debuts-clicker-heroes-and-dungeon-fighter-online-surprise/feed/0This Week in Raptr: Path of Exile Video Event, Player Profile, Game Detections, Top Playshttp://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-path-of-exile-video-event-player-profile-game-detections-top-plays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-week-in-raptr-path-of-exile-video-event-player-profile-game-detections-top-plays
http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-path-of-exile-video-event-player-profile-game-detections-top-plays/#commentsMon, 27 Jul 2015 22:31:27 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=11071Keep up with the latest Raptr and Plays.tv happenings with This Week in Raptr!

Path of Exile: The Awakening Video Event
There’s a bit more than two weeks left for you to win daily, weekly, and grand prizes in Grinding Gear Games and MMORPG.com’s giveaway event! Share your video highlights on Plays.tv (with the hashtag #MMORPG4POE) and/or “like” PoE videos to enter! There’s over $4000 worth of goodies to loot, so don’t miss out!

Game Detection Release for 7/25/15Our newest game detections include Codename CURE, Way of the Samurai, Five Nights At Freddy’s 4, Skyforge, and more. For a full list of our latest additions, check here.

Path of Exile: The Awakening Video EventIn celebration of the release of Path of Exile’s The Awakening, Grinding Gear Games and MMORPG.com have teamed up to do a month-long video event on Plays.tv where they will give away $4000 worth of PoE loot! All you have to do is share one or more video highlights from Path of Exile on Plays.tv (hashtag #MMORPG4POE) and/or “like” PoE videos during the event to enter!

Player Profile: Ziggy “Justnvc” OrzeszekMeet old-school pro gamer Ziggy Orzeszek, who has spent nearly a quarter of his life in the competitive gaming scene. He currently entertains other gamers with his exploits in Quake Live, TF2, CS:GO, and other shooter games. Learn more about him in our latest Player Profile here.

]]>http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-iem-shenzhen-2015-path-of-exile-video-event-player-profile-and-more/feed/1This Week in Raptr: MMORPG’s Path of Exile Video Event, Game Detections, Top Playshttp://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-mmorpgs-path-of-exile-video-event-game-detections-top-plays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-week-in-raptr-mmorpgs-path-of-exile-video-event-game-detections-top-plays
http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-mmorpgs-path-of-exile-video-event-game-detections-top-plays/#commentsMon, 13 Jul 2015 23:46:49 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=11047Find out what’s going on with Raptr and Plays.tv in This Week in Raptr!

Path of Exile: The Awakening Video Event
In honor of the release of Path of Exile’s The Awakening, Grinding Gear Games and MMORPG.com have teamed up to do a month-long video event on Plays.tv where they will give away $4000 worth of PoE goodies! Just share one or more video highlights from Path of Exile on Plays.tv (hashtag #MMORPG4POE) and/or “like” PoE videos during the event to enter!

]]>http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-mmorpgs-path-of-exile-video-event-game-detections-top-plays/feed/0This Week in Raptr: League of Legends highlights and Pros, Game Detections, Top Playshttp://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-league-of-legends-highlights-and-pros-game-detections-top-plays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-week-in-raptr-league-of-legends-highlights-and-pros-game-detections-top-plays
http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-league-of-legends-highlights-and-pros-game-detections-top-plays/#commentsTue, 07 Jul 2015 00:23:51 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=11038Find out what’s going in Raptr and Plays.tv with This Week in Raptr!

Watch and follow League of Legends pros on Plays.tv!A number of pro League of Legends players are sharing their videos on Plays.tv. Check ‘em out:

In case you missed it, you can now automatically highlight key in-game moments in League of Legends with our Plays.tv client! Read all about it here.

Game Detections Release for 7/2/2015Our latest game detection additions include LEGO Minifigures Online, Beyond Sol, How To Survive: Third Person Standalone and more. Check out the newest batch of detections here.

]]>http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-league-of-legends-highlights-and-pros-game-detections-top-plays/feed/0This Week in Raptr: League of Legends Spotlight, Most Played, Game Detections, Top Playshttp://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-league-of-legends-spotlight-most-played-game-detections-top-plays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-week-in-raptr-league-of-legends-spotlight-most-played-game-detections-top-plays
http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-league-of-legends-spotlight-most-played-game-detections-top-plays/#commentsTue, 30 Jun 2015 03:26:45 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=11024We’ve got a host of League of Legends goodies lined up for you. Check it all out with This Week in Raptr!

Player Profile: Doug “The Douge” KellettDoug “The Douge” Kellett aspires to create a video game. While he’s still learning the ins and outs of game development, he’s entertaining Plays.tv members with the help of his friends in League of Legends. Learn more about this Gold IV player here.

Fill your Plays.tv page with highlights and a bio and you could be featured in an upcoming Player Profile.

FeniX wannabe byrobinnymannTechnically more of a front office guy now, robinnymann channels his inner FeniX in this one.

]]>http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-league-of-legends-spotlight-most-played-game-detections-top-plays/feed/0Most Played Games: May 2015 – The Witcher Debuts, World of Warcraft Stumbleshttp://caas.raptr.com/most-played-games-may-2015-the-witcher-debuts-world-of-warcraft-stumbles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=most-played-games-may-2015-the-witcher-debuts-world-of-warcraft-stumbles
http://caas.raptr.com/most-played-games-may-2015-the-witcher-debuts-world-of-warcraft-stumbles/#commentsFri, 26 Jun 2015 22:53:23 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=11019The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt made a solid entrance into May’s Most Played PC games in seventh place, while World of Warcraft slipped out of second for the first time since last year.

HighlightsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive climbed to the number two spot last month, thanks in no small part to its Operation Bloodhound update. League of Legends’ lead is still comfortable, however, with three times as much play time as Valve’s shooter.

DOTA 2 was also a winner, rising two places and landing in third. The International Qualifiers and its new Compendium were major factors in helping the MOBA rise.

Aside from League of Legends, GTAV is the only game that didn’t gain or lose ranks last month. Play time fell 3.31%, however, and its share is only .06% above the game in fifth place, World of Warcraft. We’ll have to wait and see how the summer will treat the open-world shooter.

Speaking of World of Warcraft, the MMO slipped out of second place for the first time since it overtook DOTA 2 in August 2014. While we noticed a declining trend in gameplay for the past few months, a rank change did not occur until now. Though hot fixes and new mounts were released in mid-May, the 11-year-old MMO slipped to fifth place, losing 13.58% of play time.

World of Tanks was our biggest gainer in May, with a 119.41% gameplay increase. While the WGLNA qualifiers occurred in May, 5x experience boosts and in-game sales were likely the biggest play-time drivers.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt landed at seven after a mid-May release.

Diablo 3 fell three spots in May, losing 33.29% of play time. D3 rolled out one patch in the middle of the month and didn’t provide much to keep its player base playing.

Hearthstone gameplay was up 10.13% month-to-month. A cross-promotion with Heroes of the Storm likely contributed to the boost.

Heroes of the Storm dropped two places in May, with a gameplay loss of 9.85%. Though the game went into open beta in late May, the official launch was in June, so we expect play time number to rise next month.

Star Wars: The Old Republic was up a strong 16.03% and four places, thanks in part to May-the-4th celebrations.

Guild Wars 2 and BF4 each lost four places.

Spider Solitaire gained a rank. Guilty parties know what they did.

Note: The Share number by each game represents that title’s gameplay time as a percentage of the total time spent on all the PC games played by Raptr members, and is useful for comparing the relative amount of play time between particular games.

]]>http://caas.raptr.com/most-played-games-may-2015-the-witcher-debuts-world-of-warcraft-stumbles/feed/4This Week in Raptr: Raptr Dino at E3, Player Profile, Top 5 Plays of the Weekhttp://caas.raptr.com/11005/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=11005
http://caas.raptr.com/11005/#commentsMon, 22 Jun 2015 22:37:55 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=11005Keep up with the latest in Raptr and Plays.tv with This Week in Raptr!

Raptr at E3!
The Raptr dino checked out E3 last week and has some photos to share! Check out our latest Facebook album and let us know what game announced at E3 you’re most looking forward to playing!

Follow Raptr on Twitter or Facebook to keep track of where the dino will end up.

Player Profile: Mike “Xposed” EmmickMeet new college graduate and the latest subject of our Player Profile series, Mike “Xposed” Emmick! He’s an ordinary guy with an extraordinarily kind personality. Read more about him here.

Interested in appearing in a future Player Profile? Send us a message on Plays.tv Twitter or Facebook.

Game Detections 6/19/15Pro Cycling Manager 2015, Ancient Space, and Eternal Senia are part of our newest batch of game detections. For a full list of our latest additions, check here.

]]>http://caas.raptr.com/11005/feed/0This Week in Raptr: AMD’s 24-Hour Livestream, Player Profile, Top Playshttp://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-amds-24-hour-livestream-player-profile-top-plays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-week-in-raptr-amds-24-hour-livestream-player-profile-top-plays
http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-amds-24-hour-livestream-player-profile-top-plays/#commentsMon, 15 Jun 2015 21:06:16 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=10994Scope out the latest coming from Raptr and Plays.tv with This Week in Raptr!

AMD’s 24 hour livestreamTune in tomorrow, June 16, for AMD’s 24-hour livestream! The event kicks off at 9AM PDT with AMD Presents: A New Era of PC Gaming, followed by Raptr’s very own Dennis “Thresh” Fong at at 10AM PDT, and a cavalcade of PC Gaming Show coverage and gameplay thereafter.

Game Detections 6/12/15Our newest detections include D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die, Along in the Dark: Illumination, LEGO Jurassic World, and more GOG Galaxy additions. For the full list of the latest, check here.

Player Profile: Kenny “MyNameIsPeck” KleinKenny “MyNameIsPeck” Klein is all about making people laugh; he is a comedian after all. Glimpse into his life as a stand-up comic and how he incorporates his entertainment skills in his gaming life.

Interested in being part of a future Player Profile? Give us a shout on Twitter or Facebook.

]]>http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-amds-24-hour-livestream-player-profile-top-plays/feed/0This Week in Raptr: Heroes of the Storm Community Spotlight, Game Detections, Player Profilehttp://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-heroes-of-the-storm-community-spotlight-game-detections-player-profile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-week-in-raptr-heroes-of-the-storm-community-spotlight-game-detections-player-profile
http://caas.raptr.com/this-week-in-raptr-heroes-of-the-storm-community-spotlight-game-detections-player-profile/#commentsMon, 08 Jun 2015 21:55:53 +0000http://caas.raptr.com/?p=10983Keep track of what’s going on with Raptr and Plays.tv with This Week in Raptr!

Community Spotlight: Heroes of the Storm

Heroes of the Storm officially launched last week and what better way to celebrate than chatting with other fans or watching awesome HotS gaming moments?